Anambra: IGP’s POCACOV Team Holds Interactive Session On Preventive Policing 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra: IGP’s POCACOV Team Holds Interactive Session On Preventive Policing 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 1, 2026

The Inspector-General of Police, Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) Team, led by the National Coordinator of POCACOV, SP Orvenonne Ikwen, on Thursday held a stakeholders’ discussion at the Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka, on preventive policing. The exercise is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen preventive policing through strategic partnerships, youth engagement, and community participation. The event brought together government officials, traditional rulers, religious leaders, youth groups, security agencies, educational institutions,...

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Enugu Govt Tasks Town Union President Generals On Inclusive Leadership

CommunityNewsEnugu Govt Tasks Town Union President Generals On Inclusive Leadership

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 1, 2026

The Enugu State Government has tasked Town Union President Generals (PGs) across the state on inclusive leadership that promotes peace, unity, and sustainable development in their communities. The Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Chief Charles Egumgbe, gave the charge while inaugurating the newly elected 14-member executives of the Amufie Town Union in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area. The executive committee, led by the President-General, Engr. Kenneth Okechukwu Ogili, was presented with a certificate...

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ECOWAS Demands Speedy Implementation Of Women’s Political Leadership Agenda

AfricaNewsECOWAS Demands Speedy Implementation Of Women’s Political Leadership Agenda

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 1, 20261

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sought a speedy implementation of regional commitments aimed at increasing women’s representation in decision-making, thereby renewing its commitment to advancing women’s political leadership and inclusive governance across the sub-region. This was reaffirmed yesterday at the opening of the two-day West Africa Women’s Political Leadership Forum in Abuja, where the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, charged member states to translate policy commitments into concrete...

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Kogi Govt Condemns Killing Of Catholic Priest, Orders Investigation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKogi Govt Condemns Killing Of Catholic Priest, Orders Investigation

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 1, 2026

The Kogi State Government has condemned the killing of Rev. Fr. Samuel Opeyemi of St. Paul Parish, Ayetoro Gbede area of the state. The government described the incident as heinous and unacceptable, even as Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has directed security agencies to unravel the masterminds behind the crime and ensure they’re brought to justice. In a statement issued on Friday by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the Government expressed...

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Christian Elders Tell Tinubu Not To Seek Re-election in 2027

NewsNigeriaPoliticsChristian Elders Tell Tinubu Not To Seek Re-election in 2027

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 1, 2026

“Your Performance Manifestly Disappointing” The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has urged President Bola Tinubu not to seek a second term in the 2027 general election, describing his administration’s performance as “manifestly disappointing” and calling on him to focus instead on restructuring the country before the end of his tenure. In a communiqué dated 9 July and signed by its National Chairman, Samuel Gani, the forum said the Federal Government had fallen short of Nigerians’...

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FG to End Electricity Subsidy in 2027 as Power Sector Debt Mounts

NewsNigeriaPowerFG to End Electricity Subsidy in 2027 as Power Sector Debt Mounts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 1, 20261

…Says No Immediate Tariff Hike The Federal Government has announced plans to phase out electricity subsidy payments from 2027 as part of efforts to restore financial sustainability to Nigeria’s power sector. Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Friday during a media interactive session while addressing the mounting debt in the power sector. He said although the subsidy regime would be gradually phased out, the government would ensure that consumers continued to enjoy improved...

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Drop ‘Barrister’ Prefix, CJN Directs Lawyers

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaDrop ‘Barrister’ Prefix, CJN Directs Lawyers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 1, 20261

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has directed lawyers and court officials to stop using the title “Barrister” as a prefix to their names in all official engagements with the Supreme Court, describing the practice as inconsistent with the professionalism expected at the apex court. The directive was contained in a memorandum dated 13 July 2026, and addressed to litigation staff, legal practitioners, court registrars and lawyers. The memo, signed by the...

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Subsidy Funds Were Not Wasted, Detailed Report Coming – Oyedele

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSubsidy Funds Were Not Wasted, Detailed Report Coming – Oyedele

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 31, 20261

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this on Wednesday at the seventh Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja while responding to questions on whether Nigerians were beginning to feel the impact of the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Oyedele admitted that many Nigerians have repeatedly demanded an explanation on the utilisation of the subsidy savings, describing the concern as justified. “Where has the money...

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Abia Demands N200m from Presidential Candidates for Campaign Billboards

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAbia Demands N200m from Presidential Candidates for Campaign Billboards

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 31, 20261

The Abia State Government has announced a new political campaign advertising permit that will require presidential candidates seeking to use billboards and posters in the state to pay ₦200 million. The new charges were unveiled on Wednesday by the Head of the Abia State Structures for Signages and Advertising Agency (ABSSAA), Ndubuisi Nwaogwugwu, during a stakeholders’ forum on political campaign advertising charges held in Aba. Under the approved schedule, governorship candidates will pay ₦150 million, senatorial...

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Army Investigates Leaked DSS Security Alert

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy Investigates Leaked DSS Security Alert

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 31, 20261

… Warns of Fresh Boko Haram Attacks in Adamawa, Borno The Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into the leakage of a classified Department of State Services (DSS) intelligence report warning of planned attacks by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in parts of Adamawa and Borno states. The development followed the circulation of the confidential security advisory, which alerted military authorities to impending attacks in the Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State and the Askira-Uba...

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